[Rhodes22-list] Motor Won't Start

[John Lock]

At 04:14 AM 12/12/2007 -0800, you wrote:
>Tried to start my motor last night and it happened again.  Any advice?  My
>wife recommended a little blue pill.  I'll fumble around with the wiring but
>from last year's labor charge I assume there's some major disassembling to
>get to the connections.  Just to connect the pull start requires a lot of
>breaking and entering.

Sounds like a wiring problem to me.  The clicking sound is the 
solenoid throwing the starting gear into place.  But there isn't 
enough current coming thru the connection to turn the starter against 
the engine compression.  I'm guessing you've got a poor (i.e 
corroded) connection somewhere either on the battery end or the 
starter end of the positive lead, but check the ground side as 
well.  Wouldn't hurt to try another battery in there just in 
case.  If corrosion is not obvious at first inspection, remove the 
connectors entirely and check the mating surfaces underneath.

Cheers!

John Lock
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s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
Lake Sinclair, GA
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